2023 CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

2023 CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

Author: Forgotten News Podcast December 21, 2023 Duration: 50:12

This episode is our annual Christmas Special, featuring a presentation of the 1949 radio dramatization of "Dancing Dan's Christmas", by Damon Runyon, as broadcast on the CBS Radio Network. Complete, and uncut.

There will also be our traditional Christmas tunes and short essays by Charles Dickens and G.K. Chesterton.

ENJOY !!!


Merry Christmas!  - from your hosts - Jim, Kit Caren and Jessica.


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HISTORICAL REFERENCES:

Dancing Dan's Christmas, Damon Runyon Theater, CBS Radio Network, March 13, 1949 (radio play, audio).

Runyon, Damon, Dancing Dan's Christmas, Collier's Magazine, December 1932 (short story).

Dickens, Charles, ⁠⁠Sketches by Boz, ⁠⁠ (book, 1836), at Chapter II: A Christmas Dinner

Chesteron, G.K., The Wrong Books at Christmas, Illustrated London News, January 09, 1909 (column / commentary).

We claim NO ownership interest in any of the above material - whether audio or print.

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GUEST VOICES:

Charles Dickens - Jerry Kokich - free-lance professional voice actor.

G.K. Chesterton - Logan Smith - free-lance professional voice actor.

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MISCELLANEOUS:

Exit Aphorism (voice) – Kit Caren, co-host Forgotten News Podcast.

Host IntroNina Innsted, host of the Already Gone podcast.

Exit Aphorism - Source: Milne, Kevin Alan, The Paper Bag Christmas (novel, 2017)  


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MUSIC:

Kevin MacLeod  of⁠ Incompetech.com⁠ – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0 At Rest

At Rest

I Knew A Guy

All Sound Effects & Short Instrumentals Are From ⁠Freesound.org. ⁠


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